"Change has been created under the Act to provide advice to UK Government on these targets and related policies. In the act Secretary of State refers to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. On 16 October 2008 Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, announced that the Act would mandate an 80% cut overall in six greenhouse gases by 2050. When first published the Government proposed that the Act would set a target of a 60% cut, excluding international aviation and shipping, a figure that had been a Government ambition for some years. The"
"Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was a British government cabinet position from 2008 to 2016. The Department for Energy and Climate Change was created on 3 October 2008 when former Prime Minister Gordon Brown reshuffled his Cabinet. The Energy and Climate Change Secretary revived the earlier post of the Secretary of State for Energy as head of the Department of Energy, existing from 1974 to 1992. After which, the Department of Energy was merged into the Department of Trade and Industry under the Conservative government of"
"licence. The post was taken over by Ed Davey on the same day. The post was formed into the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in July 2016. Colour key Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was a British government cabinet position from 2008 to 2016. The Department for Energy and Climate Change was created on 3 October 2008 when former Prime Minister Gordon Brown reshuffled his Cabinet. The Energy and Climate Change Secretary revived the earlier post of the Secretary of State for Energy"
"by the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Nobel Prize–winning scientist Steven Chu was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 20, 2009. On January 21, 2009, Chu was sworn in as Secretary of Energy in the Barack Obama administration. Chu is the first person appointed to the Cabinet after having won a Nobel Prize. He is also the second Chinese American to be a member of the Cabinet after Elaine Chao. On February 1, 2013, Secretary Chu announced his resignation pending the confirmation of a successor. On March 4, 2013 President Obama announced he was nominating Ernest Moniz as"
"Department of the Environment and Energy, commencing 18 September [4]. Pratt was awarded a Public Service Medal in January 2008 for outstanding public service in the development and implementation of significant and innovative reforms to public employment services and workplace relations in Australia. In June 2015, Pratt was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for his work on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Finn Pratt Finn Axel Pratt (born 1960) is a senior Australian public servant. He is currently Secretary of the Department of the Environment and Energy. Pratt has a Bachelor of Arts from the Australian National"
"from his position as the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in February 2012 when first charged. Mike Thornton retained the seat for the Liberal Democrats, though with a reduced majority compared with the 2010 general election. UKIP came second with a greatly increased share of the vote, the Conservatives came third, and Labour fourth. Following the election result, UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Conservative candidate Maria Hutchings each blamed the other party for splitting the vote and allowing the Liberal Democrats to win. The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 13 February and confirmed 14 candidates"
"Oklahoma Secretary of Energy The Oklahoma Secretary of Energy is a member of the Oklahoma Governor's Cabinet. The Secretary is appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Oklahoma Senate, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Secretary serves as the chief advisor to the Governor on energy policy development and implementation. The last Secretary was Mike Ming, who was appointed by Governor Mary Fallin on January 10, 2011. The current Secretary of the successor office, the Office of the Secretary of Energy and Environment, is Michael Teague. The Office of the Secretary of the Environment was"
"the Secretary, Blair Comley PSM who was responsible to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the Honourable Greg Combet AM MP. The minister was assisted by the Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, the Honourable Mark Dreyfus QC MP. The Clean Energy Regulator was a statutory authority formed 2 April 2012, which was part of the department. On 25 March 2013, responsibility for Climate Change passed to the newly formed Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education, and the duties of the Ministry of Energy passed to the Department of Resources, Energy"
"Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (Malaysia) The current Malaysian Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) is Yeo Bee Yin, since 2 July 2018. The minister is supported by Deputy Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change. The minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Energy, or any of its precedent titles: Political Party: The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Technology, or any of its precedent titles: Political Party: The following"
"Secretary of Energy for his second term. On April 18, 2013, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 21–1 to approve the nomination of Moniz. On May 16, 2013 Moniz was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The nomination of the Secretary of Education is brought to the full Senate through the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Arne Duncan was confirmed as Secretary of Education on January 21, 2009 by a voice vote. President Obama nominated Arne Duncan on December 16, 2008 to be his Secretary of Education. In a prepared statement Obama praised Duncan's skills stating ""For"
"Bodman (served 2005–2009, born 1938) on September 7, 2018. United States Secretary of Energy The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and fifteenth in the presidential line of succession. The position was formed on October 1, 1977 with the creation of the Department of Energy when President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Energy Organization Act. Originally the post focused on energy production and regulation. The emphasis soon shifted to developing technology for better and more efficient energy sources as well as"
"Department of the Environment and Energy The Department of the Environment and Energy is an Australian government department. The Department is responsible for matters including environment protection and conservation of biodiversity as well as energy policy. It was established in July 2016 by the Turnbull Government after the 2016 federal election. Following the appointment of Scott Morrison as Prime Minister, Josh Frydenberg was elevated to Treasurer of Australia, whereby Frydenberg's previous ministerial positions were separated, with Melissa Price as Minister of the Environment and Angus Taylor as Minister for Energy. The Administrative Arrangements Orders list the department's responsibilities as follows:"
"from the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on January 31, 2017. On March 2, 2017, Perry was confirmed by the United States Senate in a 62–37 vote. Before Perry's confirmation, the acting Secretary of Energy was Grace Bochenek. The nomination of a Secretary-designate is reviewed during hearings held by the members of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, then presented to the full Senate for a vote. Trump's selection of former RNC member Betsy DeVos from Michigan was officially announced on November 23, 2016. Originally scheduled for January 11, but was postponed because the Office"
"Senate. Current Assistant Secretary Steven Winberg was nominated by President Donald Trump in September 2017, and sworn in after Senate confirmation in November 2017. Former Assistant Secretaries by recency include Jeffrey D. Jarrett, Acting Assistant Secretary Mark R. Maddox, and Carl Michael Smith. There have been ten former Assistant Secretaries in total, excluding acting officers. The Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy is 15th in the order of succession for Secretary of Energy. The Assistant Secretary is paid at level IV of the Executive Schedule, meaning he or she receives a basic annual salary of $143,000. Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy"
"the new post of Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, a position he held from 2008-10. After the Labour Party was defeated at the 2010 general election, Brown resigned as Leader of the Labour Party; in September 2010, Miliband was elected to replace him. His tenure as Labour leader was characterised by a leftward shift in his party's policies, and by opposition to the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government's cuts to the public sector. He led his party into several elections, including the 2014 European Parliament election. Following Labour's defeat by the Conservative Party at the 2015 general election,"
"and Tourism. After the 7 September 2013 Australian federal election the responsibility for Energy passed to the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science under the Abbott Government. Following the Australia federal election of 2 July 2016, responsibilities were passed to the Minister of the Environment and Energy under the Turnbull Government. Following the appointment of Scott Morrison as Prime Minister, Josh Frydenberg was elevated to Treasurer of Australia, whereby Frydenberg's previous ministerial positions were separated, with Melissa Price as Minister of the Environment and Angus Taylor as Minister for Energy. The department deals with: Minister for Energy (Australia) The Minister"
"for a Sustainable Future"" in March 2018. Chu was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2014. His nomination reads: His nomination to be Secretary of Energy was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 20, 2009. On January 21, 2009, Chu was sworn in as Secretary of Energy in the Barack Obama administration. Chu is the first person appointed to the U.S. Cabinet after having won a Nobel Prize. He is also the second Chinese American to be a member of the U.S. Cabinet, after former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. His scientific work continued,"
"or any of its precedent titles: Political Party: Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (Malaysia) The current Malaysian Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) is Yeo Bee Yin, since 2 July 2018. The minister is supported by Deputy Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change. The minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change. The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Energy, or any of its precedent titles: Political Party: The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Technology, or any"
"referred to as the ""Climate Czar"" or ""Energy Czar""). Zichal took office in January 2009. She was part of the administration response to the 2010 BP oil spill and supervised later modifications of safety standards for offshore oil and natural gas extraction. When Browner left the White House in March 2011, Zichal took over the general responsibilities of coordinating the administration's energy and climate policy, now operating from within the U.S. Domestic Policy Council (the ""czar"" position itself having been reorganized away by the White House and its funding subsequently abolished by Congress in the mid-April 2011 federal spending agreement"
"Department of Energy and Climate Change The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was a British government department created on 3 October 2008, by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown to take over some of the functions related to energy of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and those relating to climate change of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It was led at time of closure by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd MP. Following Theresa May's appointment as Prime Minister in July 2016, the department was disbanded and merged"
"the department's attention also turned toward radioactive waste disposal and maintenance of environmental quality. The current Secretary of Energy is Rick Perry Former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger was the first Secretary of Energy, who was a Republican nominated to the post by Democratic President Jimmy Carter, the only time a president has appointed someone of another party to the post. Schlesinger is also the only secretary to be dismissed from the post. Hazel O'Leary, Bill Clinton's first Secretary of Energy, was the first female and African-American holder. The first Hispanic to serve as Energy Secretary was Clinton's second, Federico"
"Daniel Poneman Daniel Bruce Poneman (born March 12, 1956) is an American government official who was the United States Deputy Secretary of Energy from 2009 to 2014 and is currently a Distinguished Fellow at the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago. Poneman was Acting Secretary of Energy in 2013 following the resignation of Steven Chu until Ernest Moniz was confirmed and sworn in. Poneman received A.B. and J.D. degrees with honors from Harvard University, and an M.Litt. in politics from Oxford University, where he was a student at Lincoln College. He is a graduate of Whitmer High School in"
"Samuel Bodman Samuel Wright Bodman III (November 26, 1938 – September 7, 2018) was an American politician, who was the 11th United States Secretary of Energy serving during the George W. Bush administration from 2005 to 2009. He was also at different times the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of Commerce. In December 2004, Bodman was nominated to replace Spencer Abraham as the Energy Secretary and was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on January 31, 2005. During his tenure, he oversaw the security problems at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a budget in excess"
"Minister for Resources, Energy and Utilities (New South Wales) The New South Wales Minister for Resources and Minister for Energy and Utilities is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibilities for matters relating to resources, energy and utilities in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The current minister, since 30 January 2017, is Don Harwin. He is assisted by other department ministers, the Minister for Lands and Forestry, Paul Toole, also appointed with effect from 30 January 2017, and the Minister for Regional NSW, Minister for Small Business and Minister for Skills, John Barilaro. Collectively, the"
"ministers manage the portfolio through the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development and a range of other government agencies. Minister for Resources, Energy and Utilities (New South Wales) The New South Wales Minister for Resources and Minister for Energy and Utilities is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibilities for matters relating to resources, energy and utilities in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The current minister, since 30 January 2017, is Don Harwin. He is assisted by other department ministers, the Minister for Lands and Forestry, Paul Toole, also appointed with effect from 30"
"Indian Energy Policy and Programs under President Barack Obama. He served in that role through the end of the administration and aided in the transition effort. In June 2017, he joined Rosette, LLP law firm as a partner in their DC office. Deschene currently practices energy law at the majority-Native-owned national law firm. Chris Deschene Christopher L. Clark Deschene is an American attorney and energy development expert. He is a member of the Navajo Nation, was the Democratic Party's candidate for Secretary of State in Arizona in 2010, and was an appointee at the Department of Energy under President Barack"
"member of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and was awarded its Gold Good Citizenship Medal. Rick Perry James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who is the 14th and current United States Secretary of Energy, serving in the Cabinet of Donald Trump. Prior to his cabinet position, Perry served as the 47th Governor of Texas from December 2000 to January 2015. A Republican, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000 when Governor George W. Bush resigned to become president. Perry was the"
"change. Clay Sell Jeffrey Clay Sell (born April 28, 1967) is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Energy who served in the George W. Bush administration from March 21, 2005 until he resigned, effective February 29, 2008. Sell was born in Texas to Judy and George Sell. He is one of four children, Julie Swindle, Rob Sell, and Tom Sell. He married Alisa Malechek and they have three children, John, Robert, and Mary Margaret Sell. After resigning from office, he and his family moved to Dallas to work at Hunt Energy Horizons, where he is currently president. He currently"
"Minister for Energy (Australia) The Minister for Energy is an Australian Government Cabinet position with the duties of serving the people of Australia by developing a more prosperous and sustainable Australia by leading and coordinating the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, promotion of energy efficiency, adaptation to climate change and shaping of global solutions. The Hon. Angus Taylor MP was appointed as Energy Minister by the Governor-General on 28 August 2018. The position of Energy Minister previously had responsibility for the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency under the Rudd and Gillard Government. The precursor department was led by"
"under Article 8 of the Convention. It is headed by the Executive Secretary. The current Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, was appointed on 18 May 2016 by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and took office on 18 July 2016. She succeeded Christiana Figueres who held the office since 2010. Former Executive Secretaries have been Yvo de Boer (2006-2010), Joke Waller-Hunter (2002-2005) and Michael Zammit Cutajar (1995-2002). Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) is a term adopted by the UNFCCC in 2015 to have a better name for this topic than ""Article 6"". It refers to Article 6 of the Convention's original text"
"Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Ministry of New and Renewable Energy or MNRE is a ministry of the Government of India. The ministry is currently headed by R. K. Singh, a Minister of State-In Charge. The ministry was established as the Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources in 1992. It adopted its current name in October 2006. The Ministry is mainly responsible for research and development, intellectual property protection, and international cooperation, promotion, and coordination in renewable energy sources such as wind power, small hydro, biogas, and solar power. The broad aim of the ministry is to develop and deploy"
"include global energy leaders such as China’s Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang, European Commissioner for Climate and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete, and India’s Minister of Power, Coal & New & Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal. Leaders from the business and investment community working in clean energy are also expected to participate as well as leaders from international energy organizations, foundations, research institutes, and academia. The first Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM1) was hosted by the United States in 2010. The United Arab Emirates hosted the second Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM2) in 2011. The United Kingdom hosted the third Clean Energy"
"Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment The Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment, also known as the Under Secretary of Energy, is a position within the United States Department of Energy. The under secretary oversees the department's energy and environment programs, including environmental cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex, nuclear waste management efforts, and applied energy research and developmental activities. The current acting under secretary is David B. Sandalow. The Under Secretary of Energy is appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Under Secretary is paid at level III of"